That's my experience Livbucks.Hunting pressure is minimal on the public land s where I live.Mainly because these areas are litterally hundreds of thousands of acres.most of the private land not open to hunting are small areas are the deer don't just hang out in there because they get hunted hard by the few people that are allowed access.We have many big parcels of private property open to the public but they get hammered.I'll take the vast areas of public land any day over any private property.I don't seean overabundant amount of deer on these public areas because there's no one moving them and the food sources change constantly.however,I know they're there and if I stick with it,I always score.